Other attributes
Plant resources are an indispensable material basis for human survival and development. Since the dawn of man, plants have supplied all the needs of early humans. The continuous improvement and enrichment of human living standards is, to a certain extent, based on the use of plant resources. With the rapid increase of population, human demand for food, medicine and industrial raw materials is increasing. The deteriorating ecological environment has brought severe challenges to the survival of mankind. The harsh reality has made more and more people realize that protecting nature, protecting natural resources, including plant resources, is to protect human beings themselves.
Definition
a branch of agricultural science that devises ways and means of controlling diseases, pests, and weeds of crops and trees, as well as a set of measures used in agriculture and forestry to prevent and eliminate the damage done to plants by harmful organisms.
The goal of plant protection is not only to destroy harmful organisms or limit their activity but also to forecast the time they appear and the possible extent to which they might spread, as well as to prevent especially harmful organisms from moving from some countries and regions to others. Plant protection is based on the data obtained by several agronomic (agriculture, plant growing, selection, agricultural chemistry, agricultural physics, agricultural plant pathology, and entomology), zoological, and botanical (principally taxonomy, anatomy, morphology, ecology, plant and animal geography) disciplines; genetics; biochemistry; and plant and animal biochemistry and physiology. Plant protection is closely related to such sciences as meteorology and climatology; chemistry and physics, which provide the scientific basis of chemical and biophysical control methods; and hygiene and toxicology, which study the direct and indirect effects of pesticides on plants and animals.
